This episode caught me off guard a bit. I don’t think I was prepared to get such an interesting finale out of Entourage because don’t get me wrong this season has been fun, but it hasn’t felt as strong as some of the seasons before it.  Vince not being the focal point of this season worked out this season I thought and I think not being exposed to him as much makes us feel like we’re going to miss him now that he’s going off to Italy for a while.

It was interesting to see that Turtle had started talking to the co-ed, considering that we barely saw any other interaction between the two except for some stares, but the whole time difference in between episodes has always been odd anyway. What was funny though was how Turtle lied to the guys and pretended like he had been having sex with the co-ed, when all he’s really been doing is talking about Jamie to her. I’m glad the decision to go see Jamie ended up backfiring on him,because it would have seemed kind of cheesy. I don’t know if this relationship is over for good, but I think having this relationship end can be a good thing because it might just give Turtle the courage to go out there and pursue other ladies. I think having Turtle date around next season might be a good thing.

Jerry Ferrara as Trutle

Eric’s newfound confidence continued as he invited Sloan out to lunch to get her back. Once Sloan realized that it was just another attempt for a relationship, she ended up being mad. I thought this worked great because it was one of those moments where it didn’t seem like she was mad. Eric made her cancel on the guy she was seeing, but that he would give her the hope of them being together when she doesn’t think he’ll commit. We can’t blame the woman for being reluctant because Eric really did just up and leave her. It was a pretty big shock when he actually proposed to her, but this worked as well and shows just how far Eric has come along. He’s the first one out of the guys to get engaged and I think it’ll be interesting next season to see how Eric’s engagement will affect the dynamic of the group.

It was nice to see Drama get what seems to be his big break. He didn’t end up getting the Melrose deal, but it ended up getting a nice deal that will potentially give him his own show. I think this is a big evolution for Drama and I hope things go well for him next season. I also have to say that the speech he gave before his audition was one of the best one Drama has ever given. It would have been nice to see his audition, but since he got the part, I guess we can imagine that it was great.

The best thing about this episode has to be Ari. I know Jeremy Piven gets a lot of flack because he’s a jerk, but he’s a great actor and shows it in this episode. The deal with Terrence doesn’t seem to be finished yet when he finds out that Terrence wants to keep the name of the company, so that means that Ari can’t change it to Miller-Gold.

There was a big deal about Ari just wanting the company because he wanted revenge on Terrence and while last episode didn’t make me believe it, this episode did. Ari really wanted to get back at Terrence. This is something that happened several seasons ago and I like how the writers brought it back to the forefront. Basically Ari has been waiting for this moment for a while now. Things were settled when Terrence gave him his apology he wanted and we actually were able to understand why Terrence fired Ari; it was because Ari was starting to overshadow him. After the handshake and the heartfelt moment, it was a surprise to see Ari come into his new office with a paintball gun; you have to love how Entourage can totally air two scenes that are complete opposites of each other. It’s amazing that he actually got away with firing paintballs at employees, but one thing I did notice was that Ari didn’t fire Adam Davies, so it should be interesting to see whether he’ll have a job next season. You know I actually believed that Ari wanted Lloyd back as his slave and that Lloyd would leave Ari, so it was another surprise to see Ari apologize and give Lloyd his own office, which is something he definitely deserved. The apology from Terrence hasn’t brought about a new Ari, but seems to have relieved him of channeling all his anger to other people.

Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold

This was all acted very well by Jeremy Piven and is a reason why I don’t think this show can work without him. Ari has very much been involved with his own storylines this season and it’s worked well, but I would like to see some interaction between him and Vince again a little more next season.

I’m surprised I’m saying this, but this was an unexpected, but great season finale that has me eager to see where everyone will be at the beginning of next season. This was a well acted episode with a lot of content this episode and it has me hoping that we see the next season of Entourage, sooner than later.

Rating: 9.5

This was one of the funnier opening scenes of an episode of Entourage which had Drama and Vince meet Eric, only for Eric to find out that Drama had slept with her four months ago and that he thinks that she gave him a disease before. It was funny because up until now I don’t believe any of the guys have ever slept with another girl that one of the guys had slept with before. It was kind of an eye opener also when Eric talked about how he expected to come across a girl that slept with Vince, which is very possible considering that Vince has been with a different girl every episode this season.

Kevin Dillon as Johnny ‘Drama’ Chase

So we have E now stressed out that he may have a disease, but we have to give him credit for calling his doctor immediately after finding out and it’s just another example about why we like E so much. It’s because he’s the most sensible one out of the group and that’s proven at the end of the episode as well.

Drama ends up having a crisis of his own when he goes to audition for Melrose Place 2009. In one of the most cringe-worthy moments of the season, we had to watch as Drama panicked in his audition. Especially having to do it in front of the director that he yelled at and then when Dean Cain walked in, it was all downhill from there. It was quite sad especially considering all the work that had to happen to get Drama out of his other show.

After suffering a fake heart attack, it wasn’t surprising to see Drama think about retiring. Drama has been a struggling actor since the show began and it took him seasons before he even landed Five Towns. If Drama really does end up retiring, I think it would be quite an adventure to see what Drama decides to do now; maybe he can open his own restaurant. That’s something to think about, writers!

Turtle spent the episode with Jamie-Lynn who is leaving for six months to shoot her movie and I have to say that this was the first episode where I actually got attached to this relationship. Jamie-Lynn might have overreacted a bit when it came to Turtle adding the girl from UCLA to his Facebook, but it was understandable after she “breaks” it off with Turtle. It really wasn’t a break-up, but she told him he could see other people. It was a sad moment because it’s the first time where we get to see how much Turtle really loves her. I thought it was a cute moment at the end of the episode when he mentions how he doesn’t even know who he is without Jamie.

E finally deciding that he wants to be in a relationship with Sloan was a relief to hear, but we’ll have to see if it’ll be that easy to win her back. Actually everyone at the end seemed to be in a place that didn’t necessarily agree with Vince. He seemed irritated that nobody wanted to hang out with him and it was funny that he asked if anyone forgot that he’s supposed to be leaving in a week because actually I think most of us did.

Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold

Ari was kept away from the rest of the class as he was dealing with his own problems when Terrence (his former boss) offers him a chance to buy him out.  I thought this was great and the character Ari really has a way of making the smallest things so exciting. It was cool watching as he sniffs around town trying to find out why Terrence wants to sell right now and, of course, Ari being Ari eventually finds out that Terrence is getting a divorce and is trying to get money out of the company before he goes to court. Ari was able to get the price lowered to what we assume is 75 million because for some reason, they never actually through a million or thousand out there – the two just kept giving numbers. What’s most interesting about this acquisition is that it brings Lloyd back under Ari’s employment and it’ll be funny to see whether Lloyd will stay on as an agent or end up back as Ari’s assistant, especially since Ari can’t keep one himself.

So we got a lot of good content in this episode with everyone besides Vince and I’m interested to see where everyone is going to end up by the season’s end.

Rating: 8.7

This season has been an improvement when it comes to giving everyone else other than Vince some screen time and this season has really given Turtle a little bit more room to step out of Vince’s shadow and develop as a character. I do like his pseudo love triangle he has going on, but the writers haven’t given it enough time for me to really get into it. It just seems to be going at a very slow pace and Turtle is just too nice of a guy for us to think that he would cheat on Jamie-Lynn. I definitely want to see how this continues. With Jamie-Lynn leaving for New Zealand, it’ll test Turtle’s character and we’ll see whether he’ll get into trouble with her gone or not.

Jerry Ferrara as Trutle

Vince really has kept a low key this summer and he seems to be everyone’s advisor this season. The beginning of the episode had him giving advice to Turtle and Eric. His advice is always right, but there’s always a little of Vince’s perverse attitude in it. One example would be when he asked Eric whether he wanted him to move his assistant out of the way for him.

Drama gets a chance of a lifetime when he finds out that there’s a part in the new Melrose Place remake and attempts to get out of his contract for Five Towns. Drama’s speech about not becoming an actor for the money was cool, but it still seems like a dumb thing to do to get out of your contract and there’s no guarantee that he’ll get the part.

Drama enlists Lloyd and Ari’s help in getting out of his contract, which ultimately leads to a mini war with Ari getting the winning blow. Ari has become such a larger than life character that we sometimes overlook how great of an agent he is. It was a cool sight to see how easily he was able to get Drama out of his contract. Drama has been trying to get Ari to sign him since season one, so it ended up being ironic that just when he gets the chance, he ends up wanting to go with Lloyd and who can blame him? If Lloyd gave me the speech he gave Drama I would sign with him also.

Watching Lloyd as an agent is weird because he doesn’t act or behave like any of the agents that we’ve seen on the show. It was cool to see him give orders to his new assistant though and while we didn’t get a lot of time to see him work, it should be interesting to see how he fits in with the rest of his co-workers and whether he really has what it takes to be an agent.

What I liked most was seeing the relationship of Eric and Ashley come to an end. It was starting to get even crazier than before with Ashley asking Eric if she could look at his emails. I have to say though Ashley’s outburst in the restaurant was one of the first times that I actually liked her, even if she was acting like a raging lunatic. Maybe with the end of this relationship, Eric will try to rekindle things with Sloan unless his assistant has something to say about it. To tell you the truth though, I actually believe that the assistant doesn’t really want Eric, but we’ll see if anything comes of it.

This episode was a bit slower than most and even the ending cliffhanger was not very effective at making us want to watch the next episode really badly. I guess if anything though Entourage is pretty consistent, because there hasn’t been any terrible episodes this season. This was again another good episode, just not a knockout punch.

Rating: 7.5

I’ll start off with the bad, finally Vince’s stalker was revealed and who was it? Well it was nobody. It turns out that Vince doesn’t have a stalker and it was just a prank that got pulled on Turtle. I’m not sure why the writers felt so compelled to devote so much time to this storyline at all. It was never interesting even when I did believe that Vince had a stalker and poor Vince, what a waste of a million dollars. The only thing that I can say that I got from Vince’s stalker storyline was watching Drama in make-up this episode and the cute girl who worked at the sex shop.

Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold

The rest of the show and all its storylines flowed really nicely. I love Jeremy Piven on this show; he makes you pay attention to every line he says because you never know what he’s going to say. Having Zac Efron on the episode was cool also and I loved how they sort of bashed his Disney image. For the last several episodes, Lloyd has been doing everything that Ari has told him and things came to fruition when Adam Davies offers Lloyd a job. Sure this offer is probably a way to get back at Ari, but it was cool to see Lloyd reject the offer because of the loyalty he has for Ari. Lloyd’s rejection of the offer made us cheer for him when he decides to take it after Ari yelled at him for the entire episode. I did think that maybe Jeremy Piven berating Lloyd was a bit over the top, but Ari is an over the top kind of character. It’ll be interesting to see where all of this ends up, whether Lloyd will be happy being an agent and whether Ari will realize that without Lloyd, life is a little more miserable.

I also liked how they’ve now turned Ashley into the type of girlfriend that you don’t want. It doesn’t make sense why she wants to get back with Eric in the first place, when she doesn’t trust him already. If I didn’t like Ashley before, I really don’t like her now. I’m sure this won’t end up good for this new reunited couple.

Now there wasn’t a lot of time devoted to it, but what is up with this new sorority girls’ prank on Turtle? It’s weird, but it’ll be interesting to see what’s in store for him next episode. It’s odd to see Turtle with his own little storyline, but very cool too. I also don’t get why he didn’t tell Jamie and decided to keep it a secret. I can’t imagine this will help their relationship, especially with the fact that now girls seem to be taking an interest in Turtle himself.

So I like the majority of this episode, but there was really just too much time devoted to this stalker storyline and to see it amount to nothing was just a waste of time. The only good thing is now it’s over and it looks like Vince will be getting back to work soon.  There’s no doubt in my mind though that Entourage can make a comeback with the next episode because very rarely does Entourage make a mistake two episodes in a row.  The scoring is a bit tough with this episode though, because what I did like I really liked.

Rating: 7.4

I’ll start with the bad. First I have to say this stalker storyline they have going on with Vince doesn’t really fit in with the show. I originally thought the whole stalker thing was going to be a one episode joke, but instead the writers have somehow worked it into being an actual storyline. I wish I could say Vince hiring the million dollar security team was interesting, but it wasn’t. In fact, this seems a bit out of character for Vince who is usually so carefree and it’s amazing that he would pay so much money for security. I was even disappointed when they showed us who the stalker was which was some red-headed kid. I would prefer that this storyline got less time though.

This week Andrew Klein is still causing trouble for Ari. His wife has kicked him out of the house and he’s embarrassing the company. The only way he’s able to keep his job is if he can get Aaron Sorkin as a client. We all knew something was going to go wrong and sure enough it did. When he’s unable to get his notes from his house thanks to his wife, he decides to drive his car straight through the house. The scene was a bit over the top, but for some reason people who work in Ari’s office (including Ari himself) are all over the top.

Gary Cole as Andrew Klein

So now we have Andrew in jail, which may or may not be for only one episode. I think the biggest problem I had with the Andrew storyline is that it feels like it’s dragged on for too long. I was also under the impression that Andrew wasn’t going to be a regular cast member and that he’d only last a season, but it looks like we’ll be seeing him next season as well provided that nothing happens to him before then. I’m thinking ahead and I don’t know if there’s enough room to fit another even slightly major character on the show. It’s also interesting, because Andrew hasn’t interacted with any of the guys except Lloyd and Ari.

What I did like was E’s new found sense of confidence as it seemed like him and Sloan were going to play the old game of being friends. I really like Sloan and I really like the two of them together. I think the writers know this, because they’re doing everything possible to keep these two away from each other. It worked well in this episode with Eric deciding to go out for a drink only to get called back by Ashley (ugh). What was surprising was how straightforward Eric was with Sloan. I love his new confidence and hopefully Sloan comes to her senses and stops playing games because Eric is serious.

I liked how Aaron Sorkin still hates Ari and it’s nice that the writers never forget that. Jeremy Piven, while possibly a jerk in real life, had another good performance in this episode. This episode wasn’t horrible, but it felt somewhat flat and I think it’s because Drama and Turtle really had nothing to do this episode. I’m hoping that the next couple of episode focuses less on Andrew Klein and more on the main four guys because Turtle going to school was interesting stuff along with Johnny’s adventures.

Rating: 8.0

First off, Drama trying to get his job back was pretty hilarious because after the incident they closed down the set and banned Drama from coming to work. This immediately thinking about killing him off the show. He goes up there to apologize and after getting in, he apologizes. But the exec sets him off again and Drama threatens him again. It was pretty interesting stuff watching Drama try to get his job back only to do the same thing that got him in trouble in the first place.

Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon

We had Eric starting his job and trying to help a colleague land Bob Saget, who apparently used to be his neighbor. Bob Saget really didn’t want to have anything to do with Eric’s colleague, but has a good relationship with Eric and decides to sign with the company if he could have sex on Eric’s boss’s desk. When Eric goes to the boss to ask him, I think we all knew that the boss would have no problem letting him. This all led to Eric basically signing Bob Saget and it seems like Eric is going to be okay at his new job. Oh and let’s not forget that Eric is ignoring calls from Sloan.

Vince found his house being broken into by a stalker who stole some underwear. It’s surprising that Vince hasn’t had a stalker sooner because we do forget that he is kind of a big star, but I have to say that I hope that this isn’t a plot that’s going to be dragged out the rest of the season because it’s really not that interesting yet. I guess if we were given the impression that Vince’s life is seriously in danger then it might make all this security and everything else that they’re going through interesting, but it’s not. There was a bit too much time focused on this situation also.

This season of Entourage has been pretty good and I wouldn’t say that this episode was one of the better episodes, but it was still a good episode. There was just too much time spent on Vince’s stalker situation, but overall everything else ended up being an entertaining affair.

Rating: 7.3

Vince decides to go with Turtle to school since he seems not to have very much to do this season, which is good thing. Fortunately Vince found someone to play with in the form of a hot co-ed. The main plot of this episode though had Drama filming his scenes of Five Towns with Jamie-Lynn. A studio exec decides to take her out for lunch and after being told that the executive is known for having sex with stars he takes to lunch, Drama does some spy work.

Kevin Dillon as Johnny ‘Drama’ Chase

With all that goes on with Entourage, I think often times we forget how close these four friends are and this episode shows it as Drama does everything he can to help Turtle not lose his girlfriend. Of course you would think that doing this would mean that he doesn’t think Jamie-Lynn can resist.  This all ended with Drama physically choking his boss and afterwards being terrified that he would get fired. This episode is probably the one that defines Drama the most as a good friend and I liked it. Of course now it looks like Drama might be out of a job, so we’ll have to see next episode if he can fix what he’s done.

The title of this episode is “Murphy’s Lie” and Eric told a big one.  The last couple of episodes everytime Sloan calls he feels compelled to lie to Ashley. He also hasn’t told her that Sloan is also the one who helped him get his job.  It looked like things between him and Ashley were over until Ashley listens to his voicemails which had Sloan calling him. Now Eric seems free and he’s admitted to himself that he still has feelings for Sloan. I’m glad this Eric and Ashley mess if over for now, but we’ll have to see if he can make things happen with Sloan.

We also can’t forget about Andrew Klein whose wife comes up to the agency looking for the person Andrew cheated with. It was nice to see Ari get out of the doghouse because we do love Mr. and Mrs. Gold as a couple. Of course now Ari has to deal with his mad wife and he also has to deal with Andrew. Andrew seems to be screwed now because not only is his marriage over, but his fling is over also. Now it looks like Andrew is going to have to find a way to worm his way back into his own marriage.

I did like this episode, was a bit disappointed that they used Turtle being in school as a way to keep him off the show because I would really like to see how school life is for him. This was a good episode and it looks like next week we’ll be seeing Drama try to fix his situation and Eric start his new job.

Rating: 7.5

So Ashley is still around and I still personally hate her. The only redeeming quality about this whole thing is that I’m hoping and praying that Ashley is just a device to bring Sloan back to Eric where she belongs. Speaking of Sloan, it was great to see her back and not really forced on us for no reason. Sloan seems to get around a lot in town, so it felt natural to happen to just be running the golf charity that the boys were going to be. Poor E still hasn’t gotten over his feelings for Sloan because he can’t stop lying about her when he talks to Ashley. E has actually had probably the funniest lines this season next to Ari, so we got another great one when he talks to Sloan and when Ashley asks what she wanted he tells her I don’t know.

Emmanuelle Chriqui as Sloan

That wasn’t the end of the Sloan/Eric drama because Eric ends up playing with someone who’s a huge management boss and wants Eric to work for his company, which seems like a great opportunity for E to finally break off on his own. E ends up not wanting the job after he finds out that Sloan set up the whole thing for him. I thought it was cool when E finally confronts Sloan because she’s really not to blame too much, but she really can’t seem to let E go. It’s obvious that she cares for him, but what’s stopping her from being with him? I’m sure this isn’t over, especially considering he called Ashley Sloan at the end of the episode, so one way or another Sloan is going to be getting in the middle of this relationship.

Everything else in this episode was pleasant also. We had Ari still feeling the repercussions from his wife kicking him out on the couch, but I have to say it all sounds kind of dumb. Ari really shouldn’t be held responsible for his friend breaking up with his wife; I feel sorry for Ari in this case.

Tom Brady, Adrian Grenier, Mark Wahlberg, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon

I especially liked Turtle giving Tom Brady attitude for being a Patriot and then about when he’s about to tell Tom Brady to suck balls. He ends up being charmed by him for the opportunity to come over for dinner. Tom Brady was nice to have on the episode, even though his acting could use some work.  Mark Wahlberg fit in just as well also.

I thought the funniest guest on this episode was Jeffrey Tambor who’s appeared on here before, but his relationship with Ari is always funny. The only thing I wonder is if Ari really did confirm Tambor’s course record or not.

I thought this was a good episode. It was funny and entertaining to watch. It continued the momentum of this Sloan/Eric relationship and I look forward to next week’s episode.

Rating: 8.0

That by all means doesn’t mean that it was a bad episode, because compared with the great episodes we’ve been getting this season, it was still a good episode.

The main plot of this episode had Ari dealing with Andrew again who is still dating the junior executive. Ari’s not only worried about this affecting his job performance, but affecting his own marriage as well, since Mrs. Gold has become great friend with Mrs. Klein. Jeremy Piven’s acting is pretty good once again in this episode, because it was less of him trying to be funny and more of him trying to be a good friend and a better boss.

Gary Cole

We had a great cameo from David Schwimmer, who was funny once again and it’s really quite funny to see him be some kind of an r-rated Ross from Friends. I also liked how Ari tried to push David Schwimmer towards the junior executive; it’s just too bad it didn’t work how he wanted to.

The other side plots were kind of thin and really were given little time like Vince being bored, because everyone is working and he’s not, or Turtle going school shopping, or Eric deciding to close down his business. All were interesting, but simply pushed to the side and I’m sure each of these will be brought up in the upcoming episodes.

I do wonder though why the writers chose to have Eric close his business and I wonder if there was a different plan for it or if they just ran out of ideas for it. Either way I hope they’re still looking to propel farther and not just keep him stagnant.

Once again this was quite the good episode, but it was just a little slower in pace and excitement. Looking forward to next week when it looks like Sloan will pop back into the picture, because we all know we love Sloan. A good episode, but I’m definitely looking forward to the next episode.

Rating: 7.5

This episode takes place on Turtle’s birthday and he’s having a sad case of the birthday blues. After he gets a call from his mother criticizing him and telling him happy birthday, he starts to really think about doing something with his life other than being Vince’s driver. This is a great plot to give turtle who is the least successful out of the group and the only one who really isn’t bringing in any money. It’s really great to see Turtle making steps. I was a bit surprised by the decision to go back to school considering that these guys are usually finding something easily, but it’s a nice message to send out to young people watching this that going back to school can definitely help you out.

Jerry Ferrara as Turtle

Ari was another highlight in this episode and he seemed to be throwing out advice to everyone. Ari really came off like a father-figure and I kind of like it. His talk to turtle was straight to the point, but definitely had a lot of meaning. It was great to hear him tell Turtle how he needs more than an idea to start a business. Another good moment was when he gave Eric advice on how to save Charlie from getting canned. Ari comes off like a father-figure, but the dialogue they give him is pretty good where you don’t feel like he’s trying to be a father-figure, but he’s just basically telling the guys the truth.

How sad Charlie (Bow Wow) ended up getting canned by the studio for the television show that he pitched to them last season. It’s incredible how studios can just do that when it was his idea. I thought it was kind of stupid for E and Vince to give up their production jobs, but E has always been loyal. I guess they didn’t pay Bow Wow enough because it would have been interesting to actually see E tell Charlie in person that he had been fired. We also got a great scene where E calls someone a racist… that was funny.

I’m still not into Ashley as E’s girlfriend and things look even bleaker for E and Sloan getting back together. Ashley does have this innocent truthfulness about her, but she comes off a bit too childish and definitely seems a lot younger then E. Here’s hoping that Sloan comes back into the picture somehow.

I thought this was a great episode, not to mention that Turtle has two Ferrari’s. This season is doing big things with the characters and I’m eagerly anticipating seeing what they do next week.

Rating: 8.9